#468F9F#468F9F

#468F9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.076 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#468F9F
RGB	rgb(70, 143, 159)
HSL	hsl(191, 39%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(191, 56%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 10.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, -18.02, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 23.70, 220.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% -0.0633 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.076 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6038, 23.4485, 36.3398)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#468F9F #9F5646

analogous

#469F83 #468F9F #46629F

triadic

#468F9F #9F468F #8F9F46

tetradic

#468F9F #83469F #9F5646 #629F46

square

#468F9F #83469F #9F5646 #629F46

split-complementary

#468F9F #9F4662 #9F8346

monochromatic

#21434A #336975 #468F9F #66ACBC #91C3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#468F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#468F9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #468F9F

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##468F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##468F9F	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76819F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #468f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 143, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.076 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b0bb',
    500: '#468f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #468f9f;
$custom-light: #81b0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#468f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.787,
    "s": 38.865,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6096,
    "c": 0.07635,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#468F9F

secondary

#BA9087

accent

#6E59CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #468F9F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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